The Culture // Beauty
FINE F R AGR A NCE A chat with Katrina Sellers of Charlotte’s Jules & Vetiver
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words L AUREN GRIFFITH photos by CARRIE ALLEN
““I want our fragrances to be about you, not us.”
Cruelty-free and locally-made luxury perfume sounds almost too good to be true. For that reason, along with a host of others, maker Katrina Sellers has single-handedly premiered one of our area’s first in-house perfume brands. Originally from New York, Katrina was interested in fragrance and beauty for many years before making her move to the bustling city of Charlotte and finally deciding she wanted to pursue a hands-on career. From there, it felt only natural to create a fragrance. We sat down with Katrina and she opened up about Jules and Vetiver’s respective ingredients and customizable scent option. What led you to create a fragrance entirely your own? I wanted to know exactly how the perfume was made and how ingredients work together. I wanted to really get to know the inner workings of a perfume, because it was always interesting to me, but completely opaque, because pretty much every single fragrance out there refuses to disclose what's in it.
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